ELIJAH
ih-LY-juh
A biblical name meaning “the Lord is God” or “strength of the Lord.”
Meaning
Elijah comes from the Hebrew form Eliyyah, a Scripture name tied to the divine name. In the excerpts, it is explained as “God the Lord,” “God-Lord,” and also as “my God is Jehovah,” with one older source glossing it as “strength of the Lord.”
Origin
HebrewEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
The same root appears in the Greek form Elias, which is noted in the excerpts as another form of Elijah.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.